The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 1, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.46° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.42° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.